Colombia v Costa Rica

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Colombia are the early leaders in Group D following their opening 2-1 win over Paraguay on matchday 1 while the other two nations, Brazil and Costa Rica, shared a point apiece after a 0-0 stalemate, and Colombia know another three points here against Costa Rica would see them take a huge step towards progression out of the group and into the knockout rounds.

Colombia have been enjoying a scintillating sequence of results on the international stage of late as Los Cafeteros have now won each of their last nine matches in all competitions on the trot which includes notable wins against Brazil and Paraguay in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers, while four of these nine wins also included a clean sheet as well.

The wider picture further underlines why Colombia are expected to be more than a handful for Gustavo Alfaro's Costa Rica side as they are now unbeaten in their previous 24 internationals in all competitions, whilst collecting no fewer than 19 victories within what is a highly impressive sequence of results.

In addition, 14 of these previous 24 internationals have also seen Colombia keep a clean sheet which has seen their solid defensive unit achieve this success.

Costa Rica kept a creditable clean sheet in their recent 0-0 stalemate with Brazil which will have certainly given Gustavo Alfaro's side a welcome boost as they now try and pick up points off Colombia and Paraguay having seemingly done the hard work in avoiding defeat to the group favourites.

Costa Rica have suffered just the one defeat in their last seven games overall which was a 3-1 loss away from home at Argentina in an international friendly but Los Ticos have also registered some important wins within this period as well.

A 3-1 win against Honduras in the Nations League was followed by collecting back-to-back wins in their opening two CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers which came in the form of wins against St Kitts & Nevis and Grenada, and it's also interesting to note that five of these last seven matches have also seen only one team hit the back of the net as well.

The bigger picture though shows Costa Rica have managed to capture just six wins within their previous 18 internationals in all competitions which includes only one team scoring in 10 of these matches.

Colombia v Costa Rica Verdict

Colombia have lost just four out of their last 13 games in the Copa America, picking up eight wins, while Costa Rica have collected just five wins from their previous 18 games in the competition whilst also slipping to nine defeats as well.

Colombia have certainly enjoyed the upper hand over Costa Rica though in previous exchanges as Los Cafeteros have won six of the last seven meetings.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 1.53

Other side bets worth considering:

Colombia win & BTTS No @ 1.90

Correct Score: Colombia 2-0 @ 5.50